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From: Byron@snsys.com (Byron Atkinson-Jones)
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Subject: Re: Assigning texture maps to 3D objects at runtime?
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 09:25:14 GMT
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On Wed, 18 Feb 1998 18:01:09 -0000, "SCEE"
<dev_support@interactive.sony.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>If you want to apply an animated texture to a TMD, the easiest way is
>probally to have the animation frames in main ram, and download one frame at
>a time ( using LoadImage ) before drawing, so the GPU draws the same TMD
>each time with the same VRAM info, but the graphics change.
>Any other way does involve poking around with the innards of the TMD
>structure...
>
>Cheers,
>
>Colin.
>

Can you also adjust the translucency levels (i.e from opaque to
totally transparent)?

I would rather poke at the TMD structure directly, where would I find
the info to do this and what am I looking for. For sprites you did
this by altering the r, g, and b fields to adjust brightness. I am
assuming that the same thing is true for TMD's.

Cheers,

Byron